HD DVD or Blu Ray?

Anon
Anon Posts: 11,175
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Which format do you recommend?

Isn't one going away?

Just curious about your preference...
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  • jorgeposada
    jorgeposada Posts: 17
    Dude where have you been the HD format is dead
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    ^^^What he said. It's the Betamax of the new millennium.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    iam_NOTREAL wrote:
    Which format do you recommend?

    Isn't one going away?

    Just curious about your preference...
    HD DVD ended last spring. :)
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    HD DVD ended last spring. :)

    DOH !!

    I just bought all these coasters err DVD's

    ;)
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,343
    Yeah, that battle has been done for a while.

    Get yourself a Blu-ray and you'll be set for a while!



    That said, I'm amazed how many Blu-ray options are at my local Blockbuster. There literally is an entire section for Blu, and I have to admit...I've become a snob. If I go there and can't get it in Blu, I get pissed off settling for the lesser DVD. :D
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    mca47 wrote:
    Yeah, that battle has been done for a while.

    Get yourself a Blu-ray and you'll be set for a while!



    That said, I'm amazed how many Blu-ray options are at my local Blockbuster. There literally is an entire section for Blu, and I have to admit...I've become a snob. If I go there and can't get it in Blu, I get pissed off settling for the lesser DVD. :D
    I am with you, although I rarely rent anyway.
    PS3 upscales dvds and vids, which would be a whole lot better if my 60G's (this is the fourth console I've had) ports hadn't just died - which has absolutely nothing to do with the upscaling, of course.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    170 fucking dollars to get this piece of crap's usb ports fixed. I bet a 60g will fetch a fair price on ebay...
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,343
    Rygar wrote:
    170 fucking dollars to get this piece of crap's usb ports fixed. I bet a 60g will fetch a fair price on ebay...

    All 4 ports stopped working? That's crazy!

    You've had the worst luck when it comes to videogame counsels!!
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    mca47 wrote:
    All 4 ports stopped working? That's crazy!

    You've had the worst luck when it comes to videogame counsels!!
    Tell me about it. I take very good care of them, that's the worst part.
    This will be the fifth ps3 (that's a 5, although the last console was fine - turns out the sixaxis controllers are garbage but they told me the system had a faulty antennae).

    Two ports weren't working last week and the other two were acting pretty wonky. I shouldn't have formatted last night....
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,343
    Rygar wrote:
    Tell me about it. I take very good care of them, that's the worst part.
    This will be the fifth ps3 (that's a 5, although the last console was fine - turns out the sixaxis controllers are garbage but they told me the system had a faulty antennae).

    Two ports weren't working last week and the other two were acting pretty wonky. I shouldn't have formatted last night....

    Damn! You've gone through a couple 360s too haven't you?
    So they fixed the antenna and the controllers worked or the controllers were crap and they told you it was the antenna?

    You're bad luck man! LOL :D
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    mca47 wrote:
    Damn! You've gone through a couple 360s too haven't you?
    So they fixed the antenna and the controllers worked or the controllers were crap and they told you it was the antenna?

    You're bad luck man! LOL :D
    The controllers (all three) suck, the console was fine. I got a DS3 - problem solved.
    360 has red lighted twice, but that is 'normal' :p
    My first two PS3's (same store, same day, same batch I assume) were faulty out of the box, third was exchanged because of the controller problems, fourth has USB probs.
    Maybe I treat it too good. I'll treat the next one like the glorified blu ray player it is and let you know.
  • celebration
    celebration Posts: 318
    iam_NOTREAL wrote:
    Which format do you recommend?

    Isn't one going away?

    Just curious about your preference...

    wait 2 years

    then buy in

    don't be the first in line
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,343
    celebration wrote:
    wait 2 years

    then buy in

    don't be the first in line

    First in line? Blu ray has been around for a while now. The prices of players and discs are coming down.

    It is here to stay so if you want the best picture available then do just that...line up because you will be amazed!

    Also, larger Blu discs are on the way (which can be read by standard Blu players). Recently a 500GB disc was created!!! Just think of how insane that is!!

    Either way, you can't go wrong with Blu because it will be around for a while.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Here is a tip to save a lot of money w/ bluray ....buy the movies used. I got American Psycho, Devils Rejects,Training Day, and Full Metal Jacket together [used] for the same price I paid for No Country for old men, [new].
    I really am holding off buying bluray movies because; I already own my favorite movies on DVD and most of them aren't too much of an "upgrade" and I used to have over 500 dvd movies and most all got sold for fractions of what I paid for them. I used to buy movies just to "have them". I was like my families free and private Blockbuster store. I am now VERY selective on new purchases.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    Here is a tip to save a lot of money w/ bluray ....buy the movies used. I got American Psycho, Devils Rejects,Training Day, and Full Metal Jacket together [used] for the same price I paid for No Country for old men, [new].
    I really am holding off buying bluray movies because; I already own my favorite movies on DVD and most of them aren't too much of an "upgrade" and I used to have over 500 dvd movies and most all got sold for fractions of what I paid for them. I used to buy movies just to "have them". I was like my families free and private Blockbuster store. I am now VERY selective on new purchases.
    Where do you tend to look for used BRDs? My Blockbusters and EBGames stores are the only places around I've found selling used BRDs and their prices used are more than most other places' prices new....

    I generally wait for sales, but I get a few movies new just because I have no willpower.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Rygar wrote:
    Where do you tend to look for used BRDs? My Blockbusters and EBGames stores are the only places around I've found selling used BRDs and their prices used are more than most other places' prices new....

    I generally wait for sales, but I get a few movies new just because I have no willpower.

    Amazon.com
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    Amazon.com
    Hmm, good ideas, thanks.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Rygar wrote:
    Hmm, good ideas, thanks.
    no prob...just read the sellers feedback first of course
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    no prob...just read the sellers feedback first of course
    I also find that the box sets are easily found a fair bit cheaper (new) on Ebay.
    Singles too, but shipping costs usually kill the savings.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Rygar wrote:
    I also find that the box sets are easily found a fair bit cheaper (new) on Ebay.
    Singles too, but shipping costs usually kill the savings.
    if I remember shipping at used amazon was the same across the board.(like 2-3$)
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?

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